Quarantine Quick Read: Christ our Brother - The Fear of Death
Jesus is a spiritual big brother for every Christian. Having suffered in every way like us He is able to sympathetically come alongside us with grace to help (Hebrews 2:17, 4:15-16). What is your greatest fear? Whether it is fear of snakes or fear of spiders, fear of closed spaces or fear of open spaces, fear of heights or fear of water, we all have our phobias. You might put a brave face on most of the time but sooner or later a ‘near death experience’ or a ‘close call’ will forcibly confront you with the fact that the clock is ticking and your life will not last for ever. Perhaps through the threat of this viral pandemic you have realised your own deep-seated fear of death - many people have. The Bible is realistic about this universal base-line fear. It calls death the last enemy . Death is not a walk in the park. However, the Bible also makes it clear that death is a defeated enemy . Christians have a spiritual brother in Jesus who became like us in ever...